Out-of-bounds Write Affecting tiff package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN14-TIFF-11770218
  • published10 Aug 2025
  • disclosed2 Nov 2023

Introduced: 2 Nov 2023

CVE-2023-3164  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:14 tiff.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tiff package and not the tiff package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:14 relevant fixed versions and status.

A heap-buffer-overflow vulnerability was found in LibTIFF, in extractImageSection() at tools/tiffcrop.c:7916 and tools/tiffcrop.c:7801. This flaw allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted tiff file.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1